Note: I am taking a class at Fuller Theological Seminary called SP500, Spiritual Traditions and Practices. I will be posting some of my journal entries for this class here (which are not much different from my previous posts). We are practicing different models of contemplative prayer.
Our class went on a six hour silent retreat and I had a powerful encounter with the Lord and was inspired to write and publish this poem about Him.
Beloved
I will place my head against your head,
My shoulders next to yours
My hands will embrace you:
Butterfly kisses.
Let me remove the thorny crown
From your brow--
For it is I, who should have worn it.
Let me wipe the blood,
The sweat, and
The tears from your eyes.
Oh! How I should have worn the dirt
On your garments!
How I should have been pierced!
Not you, my Lord!
Let me pour healing balm in your wounds, my Lord
Truly, I am captured by
A single scar on your shoulder--
I wash it with my tears…
But they are never enough
“For your sins, my Beloved,”
I hear you say.
Ah! My Lord!
You have set me as a seal upon your arm!
Forgive…me…
I am unworthy!
I am unworthy!
How I am unworthy!
I weep.
Yet your blood cleanses
And electrifies me!
My heart is overcome!
I am undone in your arms, my Lord.
Baptize my soul in your glory!
Capture my whole life in your hands…
Oh, why did they pierce your hands,
your feet,
your side?
I will wash your feet, my Lord.
I will kiss them and pour out my tears like a salve.
Let me pour all of myself onto you my Lord!
Like a fine pink wine
It is all I have to give, my broken life…
For I desire your intimacy
With one glance of your eyes
I am captured into glory!
I am inebriated by you, my Lord!
Your holy presence overcomes me!
Intoxicate my body
Wash me with your love
Overflow
Into every part of me.
From the Bethel Loft Sessions 2012, Jeremy Riddle, "Draw Near"
From the Bethel Loft Sessions 2012, Jeremy Riddle, "Draw Near"
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